Looks like I was lucky with my travel dates, missing the big initial disruption of the latest terror fuss. Hopefully things will have settled down by my flights back, and I'll be able to travel sanely.

The workshop started yesterday, and I gave my talk. I suppose it went okay; I had laptop problems, and my presentation wasn't as clear as it could have been, but there did seem to be considerable interest in the work, which is rather pleasing.

I managed to use the hotel gym this morning, which for a moment made me wonder whether it is such a good thing there is nice beer available... I've been eating really nice food since I got here. Of course the seafood is good, and I had some excellent buffalo fajitas last night (far too much food for not much money). To go with the food, I cannot resist sampling the great range of local beers, with microbrews being served in resturants and brewpubs. It's possible to find such things in Scotland, but I never stumbled upon so many so easily, and in such a range of styles.